Venture Taranaki s Branching Out initiative explores avocado
26 Feb, 2021 09:28 PM
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Stratford Press
The Venture Taranaki initiative Branching Out is a collaborative exercise to investigate, explore, package, and potentially pilot new commercial opportunities that could add sustainable value to Taranaki s economy and help the region s food and fibre sector become more diverse, resilient, innovative and in-demand.
Through the initiative 10 to 12 high potential ventures will be identified and analysed for their feasibility. In October 2020, we hosted the project s first in-person event exploring kiwifruit as a high-potential venture. Now we will look at avocado s potential. Avocados are a proven success story in other parts of the country, so it is worth consideration and further investigation in Taranaki, says Venture Taranaki chief executive Justine Gilliland.